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310 ILCS 10/8 (2026)

An Authority shall be a municipal corporation and shall constitute a body both corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Act, including, in addition to others herein granted, the powers enumerated in Sections 8

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(310 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8)
    Sec. 8. An Authority shall be a municipal corporation and shall constitute a body both corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Act, including, in addition to others herein granted, the powers enumerated in Sections 8.1 through 8.8, inclusive.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1772.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1995–2017 · leading case: Hous. Auth. of the Cnty. of Lake v. Lake Cnty. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 2017 IL App (2d) 160959 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017).
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Hous. Auth. of the Cnty. of Lake v. Lake Cnty. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 2017 IL App (2d) 160959 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “¶ 55 Section 8 of the Act (310 ILCS 10/8 (West 2014)) declares that a housing authority: “shall be a municipal corporation and shall constitute a body both corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or…”
Hous. Auth. of the Cnty. of Lake v. Lake Cnty. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 2017 IL App (2d) 160959 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “¶ 55 Section 8 of the Act (310 ILCS 10/8 (West 2014)) declares that a housing authority: “shall be a municipal corporation and shall constitute a body both corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or…”
Wade v. Byles, 886 F. Supp. 654 (N.D. Ill. 1995). “310 ILCS 10/8/1(a). Additionally, the CHA memorandum listing the lobby security guards’ duties makes clear that those duties are extremely limited.”
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